Combined inking-pad case and stamp-rack



(No Model.)

- 0., A. KLINKNER. Combined Inking Pad Case and Stamp Back.

No; 236,166, Patented Jan. 4, 1881.

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CHARLES A. KLINKNER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED lNKlNG-PAD CASE AND STAMP-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,166, dated January4, 1881.

Application filed October 2, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. KLINK- NER, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, in the State of California, have made and invented a new anduseful Improved Inking- Pad Case and Stamp-Rack for Hand Printing-Stamps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the acrocompanying drawings.

This invention consists, first, in a reversible inking-pad frame ofpeculiar construction; and, secondly, in the combination of saidinking-pad frame and auinclosing-casing provided with a stamp-rack onits upper surface, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 shows a perspective view of my pad-holderand stamprack. Fig. 2 shows the pad-holder removed from the base. Fig. 3is a front elevation of the base and its stamp-rack.

I make the case A so that it can be secured in place upon a counter,desk, or other place to form the bottom B. The front and rear sides ofthis case are open, but the ends are closed, and lugs c are provided onthese ends as a means for fixlng it in place.

The opening (I, in the case is to receive, 0 a pad-frame, E, whichslides into and out from the case, after the manner of a drawer. Thisframe E receives and holds two pads or 'inking-surfaces,f, one of whichis shown on the top in Figs. 1 and 2, the other one being 3 5underneath. These two pads permit differentcolored inks to be used.

The rim of the pad-frame E is made wide enough to form a projecting edgeall around the pad, or else lugs or projections g g are 4.0 provided atthe corners, so as to keep the inking-surface clear of the platform Bbeneath-it, and of the top of the case A above, when the pad is drawnout of and returned to the case A. This pad E slides in and outhorizontally,

moved from the protecting-case A by simply raising up the front of theframe toward a vertical position high enough to disengage the rear edge,g, and allow it to slip past the lugs g, but while working in ahorizontal position the frame E is connected with the case and preventedfrom being entirely drawn out therefrom by these stops 9.

Upon the top of the case A, I fix the upright stamp-support H,consisting of the post H, having upon it the radiating arms, betweenwhich are provided suitable slots, recesses, or other retaining-placesto receive the handles and support the stamps around the post H. Thisprovides a convenient support for a number of hand-stamps, which by thismeans are always kept at hand and convenient to the inking-pad.

This case and rack can be made of any size to accommodate and be usedwith a greater or less number of stamps, and it can be made of othershape than the rectangularform shown in the drawings.

As thus constructed I combine in one article a pad-case and bolder and aconvenient rest or rack for the hand-stamps, which is adapted forgeneral use in banks, mercantile houses, and like places where a numberof printing and canceling stamps are in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A reversible inking-pad frame, E, having projecting rim or lugs onboth its top and bottom, and provided with inking-pads on its upper andunder sides, substantially as set forth.

2. A combined inking-pad case and stamprack for hand-stamps, consistingof the easing A, having rack H, and the detachable and reversiblesliding frame E, with inking-pads on its top and bottom and projectingrim or lugs on both top and bottom edges, as and for the purposesdescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

CHARLES ALEXANDER KLINKNER.

